"I am not interested in heaping any amount of guilt and blame on a man because of his sexuality," Ulman said.
Other students were more guarded in their responses, weary of the national media that had come to campus in the wake of the Globe story.
"The way the University, the President's office, whatever, handled the whole event, I think it was badly done," said one student at the library who did not wish to be identified.
"If they had had him step down at the end of the year, there would not have been as much suspicion," he said.
At the cafeteria, one student also disapproved of the administration's handling of the case, saying "the way they forced him to resign and the time he resigned was bad."
Students met with acting Dean J. Bryan Hehir Wednesday to voice their concerns and ask any questions.